Forces recover LTTE arms cachè

Rafik Jalaldeen

The Security Forces engaging in search and clearing operations in the Northern theatre recovered gas bombs and a stock of arms left behind by the LTTE cadres. Military spokesman Brigadier Udaya Nanayakkara said troops conducting extensive search and mopping up operations in Elephant Pass, Mullaitivu, Puthukudiruppu, Nadunkerni and Vellaimullivaikkal have recovered a cache of arms and explosives including 10 CF gas bombs and computer hardware on Saturday.

The Security Forces found two 120 mm mortar bombs, three Rocket Propelled Grenades (RPG), six 60 mm mortar bombs, an Arul bomb, three trip player, four Yesu sets, five I-com radio sets, 14 I-com hand sets, four wire codes, 20 supper rod antennas, 48 Yesu antennas, four battery chargers, 35 antenna sockets, a computer hard disk, 68 two-pin connectors, 47 wire socket connectors, 57 VHF sockets, a DVB power supply, 18 I-com clips, 44 VHF sockets, five data cables, 10 antenna power supplies, 608 radio spareparts, 330 anti personnel mines, three Bangalore torpedoes, eight T-56 weapons, three T-56 magazines, 49 hand grenades, a claymore mine, a suicide jacket, 968 electric detonators, 50.3 kg of C-4 explosives, 11 of 40 mm grenade launchers and two pipes filled with ball bearings.